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Cairn

Cairn, wayside cairn

What is recorded here

Cairn: In a roadside field just W of the old National School at Fearann an Choirce, Inis Mór. A group of three, possibly four, cairns (D 1.5-2m, H 1.3m) built of limestone blocks and c. 2m apart. A similar group of cairns (GA110-059----) lie to E and there is a leacht cuimhne (GA110-058----) directly opposite, on S side of the road.
In a roadside field just W of the old National School at Fearann an Choirce, Inis Mór. A group of three, possibly four, cairns (D 1.5-2m, H 1.3m) built of limestone blocks and c. 2m apart. A similar group of cairns (GA110-059----) lie to E and there is a leacht cuimhne (GA110-058----) directly opposite, on S side of the road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Wayside cairn, likely medieval or later in date. These cairns may mark a boundary, a ritual site, or a memorial, reflecting local traditions of stone monumentality.

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